Portage device for ash-cans and the like.



v.PoRTAGE DEVICE fox ASH cANs ND THALIKE.

AAPPLICATION FILED MAY 4, 191,5. I n 1,155,081 PatentedSGpt. 28, 1915,

' Devices for Ash-Cans and the like, of whichthe following is a specication.

' To all 'whom it may concern:

'STATES Geenen mona, or RICHMOND HILL,

NEW. Yoan.,

PORTAGE DEVICE FOR S-(LANS ANiD THE niaaioei.

Specification of Letters Patent;

Patented sept. 2a, i915 Application led May 4, 1915. Serial No. 25,679. v

Be it known that l, Gnoncn MORE, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Richmond'Hill, in the county of Queens and Statey of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Portage .This invention'relates to portage devices, and refers particularly to a one-hand truck, of extremelysimple, light, and inexpensive construction, by whose use receptacles such as ash cans are conveniently transported, -when filled, as from. a building cellar to the side-walk. So far as known to me, holder, and those having the care of furnaces, whereby ash cans, when filled, may be easily conveyed to the place where they are to be emptied, and the main purpose of my improvement is the production of a labor y saving device to the end that this operation may be facilitated. In carrying out this idea l have devised a structure, which, while eminently suited to the purpose in mind, is

valso obviously capable of other uses.v

ln brief my invention may be said to comprise a yoke whose arms' are curved to enibrace an a'sh can or the like, said arms carrying at their terminal .portions a vpair of supporting wheels and a transverse bai' upon which the base of thel ash can orthe like may rest; and said arms merging into a medialbar, having a handle,with a curved cross piece to support the upper portion of the ash can or the like, said cross pieceb'eing slidably adjustablev along "said bar, and car-l rying 'a hook for 'engagementl with the upper edge of the ash can or the like, to retain the latter in position.

- Otherl features and advantages of my said.

invention will hereinafter appear. In the drawing y-Figure 1 is a front 1piele- My improved structed 'of any .material possessing the requisite strength, it being borne in mm that ylightness in weight is also desirable,

and 'I have found in practice that the device may be suitably made of metal.

The structure comprises a yoke composed of the separated arms 1, which merge into a.

no means are available to the house! single, medial, longitudinal bar 2, that terminates in a handle 3, which may, as seen,

, he in the form of a loop. The arms 1 have 4, which continues l a rearward curvature into a forward inclination 5, and, at a point near their free ends said varms have a sharp rearward bend, bringing the terminal ends 6 of said arms substantially into intersecting relation with the longitudinal plane of the bar'2.v At this point a transverse shaft 7, upon which are mounted wheels 8, is attached to the yoke, which also carries abail or transverse bar 9. The bail 9 extends forwardly ofthe yoke to be in position to receive and support the base of an ash can or the like, as 10 (shown in dotted lines); van'd,-in the example indicated in the drawing, side arms 11, carrying said bail 9, lie beneath the shaft 7, while the terminal ends 6 of arms l lie above said shaft, so that all may be united and connected together as by through bolts, 12.

Obviously ov her and connecting the parts thus' far described may be employed, the main provisions thereof being the features whereby the base of an ash can or the like methods of arranging may be supported upon a transverse bar of a a seat to receive the adjacent cylindrical .portion of the ash can or the like to be carried. The strip 13 may have a rectangular recess or pocket 14 formed centrally therein adapted to lit over the bar2, whose cross sectionalarea may also be rectangular, and

a plate 15, may be secured,'. as by bolts 16,

to said strip, extending across the recess 14,

whereby said strip 13 is slidably mounted upon bar 2, and is capable'of longitudinal adjustment thereon. The plate 15 .has a downl turned tongue 17 adapted to engage .over the'A upper peripheral edge of the ash can or the like supported upon the device,

of the apparatus Y are mounted on wheels,

vwardly bent to formlateral retaining means,

Aportage device, Y grasped by one to retain the same against forward movement, and thus the ash can or the like may be securely lodged and held upon the portage device for removal from one place to another.

In the operation of the device it is held upright and its bail 9 engaged beneath the base of the'ash can or the like to be moved, said ash can or the like being drawn over until its upper cylindrical portion lies upon the cross piece 13, whichlatter will have been shifted longitudinally along bar 2 to g be in the appropriate position, and the sides of the ash can or the like then lying between the forwardly inclined parts 5 of the yoke arms, whereupon the portage device may be conveniently wheeled vaway to a desired place.

. It will be noted in the operation of the and hook slidably mounted upon said handle bar.'

2. A portage device for ash cans and the e comprising a yoke whose opposite arms said arms being fora forwardly extended base supporting bail,

that the'handle 3 may be said cross-piece, hand of the operator, while continuing into a medial,

a handle, and an upper support adjustable upon said handle. i

3. A portage device for ash cans and the like comprising a yoke, composed of'separated arms, forwardly bent to form lateral retaining means, supporting wheels therefor, a forwardly extended base supporting bail, arranged transversely with relation to the arms of said yoke, a medial handle bar continuing longitudinally from said yoke, a laterally arranged curved support slidable upon said handle bar, and anfengaging hook carried by said curved support.

4. In a portage device for ashf cans and the like, comprising a yoke whose separated arms merge into a medial, longitudinal handle bar, the combination of a curved crosspiece having a recess to slidably engage said handle bar, a recess closing plate secured to and an engaging hook carried by said plate; together with wheels and base supporting means connected with thefree ends of said yoke arms.

5. A portage device for ash cans and the like, comprising a yoke whose separated arms merge into a medial, longitudinal handle bar, having upper retaining means, said arms bemgforwardly'bent to form lateral retaining means, and the terminal portions of said arms extending rearwardly from their bent portions, a shaft connected to said terminal` portions, and lying substantially in a transverse plane in intersecting relation with the longitudinal axis of the handle bar, wheels-on said shaft, and a base supporting bail extending forwardly therefrom.

Signed at Classon ave., Brooklyn, inl

the county of. Kings and State of New Yorkl this 30th day of April A. D. 1915. v f GEORGE'MORE. Witnesses:

HENRY G.. Bon, Jr., IP. J. HENDERSON. 

